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DUMPING CART.

No. 256,362. Patented Apr. 11,1882.

' amiiiiiiiii UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

URIAS It. NICHOLS, OF NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, PA.

DUMPINGACART.

SPECIFICATION'forming\part f Letters Patent No. 256,362, dated April 11,1882.

Application iiledJuly 7,188 1. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, URIAs R. NICHOLS, ofNewberry township, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping- Oarts; and I dohereby declare the follow-.

ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l shows the cart ready for loading, and the adaptation ot theseat and tail-board combined shown in dotted lines. Fig.2 shows thecartA thrown to dump the load.

My invention appertains to that class ot dump-.carts wherein the bodyoi' the cart is held to the'shafts by trip-levers operated from thefront of the cart; and my invention has for its object to provide aconstruction of cart which will be economical and certain of action, andpossess sundry other desirable qualities; and my invention consists incertain' details of construction, as hereinafter fully described andspecifically claimed. c l

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried itout.

In the said drawings, A is the body of the cart, andB the shafts, hingedto the axle in the usual manner. At the rear of the sides ot' thecartare two pivoted standards, a a, jonrnaled on bolts b andswinging in theare of a circle. To the top of standards a a are pivoted two swinginghangers, d d, to the lower ends of which is secured the tail-board D,said board being provided with extensions e e, having metalsheathedfaces. Pivoted at f to the central uprights on each side of thecart-body is September, 1879.

a latch-lever, E, the ends of thelatches fitting over projections eewhen the tail-board is down, as seen in Fig. 1. The forward ends of thelevers E are attached by adjustable connections F to the rear ends oflevers G, rigidly attached to the ends of a roclesliaft or bar, H,

(seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) said levers G lying along the lowertimber ot the side frameofthe body ofthe cart.

vForward ofthe pivotal point, and projecting downward from levers G, arehooked projections which pass beneath pins nu in the sides of theshafts, and secure 'the body to the shafts when the cart is loaded. Whenthe cart is to be dumped lever G is raised, disengaging the hook t', andthe same operation loosens latch-lever E, so the tail-board can swingout when the forward end of the cart is thrown up to dump the load.'When the cart is empty the tail-board is designed to be turned over andthrown forward,so as to rest on the upper edges ot' theforward end ot'the cart to make a'seat for the driver, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecureby Letters Patent,-is

In a dump-cart, the body A, in combination with levers G, connected by,rock-shaft H, and provided with hooks it', pivoted latch-levers E,connected with levers G, and the tail-bo'ard swinging on a pivot andprovided with extensions e e, over which the latch-levers catch, allarranged for operation substantially as described.

[n testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of URIAS R. NICHOLS, Witnesses:

LEVI MAIsH,

HENRY J. DEiTcH.`

